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With the usual flood of immigrants from non-English-speaking countries, there comes a multicultural work force. Along with this

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问题     With the usual flood of immigrants from non-English-speaking countries, there comes a multicultural work force. Along with this diversity comes resentment felt by natives in the marketplace. Feelings of antagonism surface when accents are strong or foreign languages are used that some workers cannot understand. There is now a clash of forces in the workplace; the battle is centered around English-only policies. A growing number of workers are alleging discrimination on the basis of language.
    The federal law prohibiting job discrimination comes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964(Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. National-origin discrimination makes it illegal to discriminate against an individual because of birthplace, ancestry, culture or linguistic characteristics common to a specific ethnic group. A rule requiring that employees speak only English on the job may violate Title VII unless an employer shows that the requirement is necessary for conducting the business. If the employer believes such a rule is necessary, employees must be informed of when English is required and the consequences for violating the rule.
    Donna Fernandez, language rights attorney at the Employment Law Center of San Francisco, finds that language discrimination is very prevalent in the workplace. Fernandez states that the biases may include "English-only policies when the employee’s primary language is other than English" or "some people may be treated differently because they speak with an accent."
    It is illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee because of language. However, the increase in language discrimination suits indicates that employers are treating employees speaking with an accent or in a foreign language differently. "Many companies don’t know they are breaking the law with the English-only policies," says Fernandez. The law in this area is still developing and many courts consider these policies to be a form of discrimination on the basis of race or national origin.(National origin refers to the country that a person, or that person’s ancestors, came from.)Employees can challenge a speak-English-only policy if: the rule is applied to employees who speak no English; they have difficulty speaking English; or the policy creates, or is part of, a work environment that is hostile toward national origin minority employees. An employer must show some "business necessity" for the policy. Even if there is a business need, the policy is still illegal if there are less discriminatory alternatives to the policy.
    Sibylle Gruber, assistant professor of English at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz., finds that employees may feel they are viewed as less intelligent if they cannot speak English perfectly. "Workers may miss out on promotions to positions of authority if they can’t express themselves or communicate clearly," says Gruber. Often, there are subtle prejudices against some accents more than others. Speaking with a French or British accent is less frowned upon than a Spanish or Vietnamese accent. By not promoting employees because of an accent or language bias, a ghetto effect is created in the work force, keeping certain accents and immigrants in low-level positions.
The first paragraph tells us that______.
选项 A、with the increased flow of immigrant workers, the number of language discrimination cases has increased also
B、immigrant workers may feel resentful towards workers with native English skills
C、native English speakers may feel hostile towards co-workers who use other languages on the job
D、in a culturally diverse workforce, some tension between different groups is inevitable
答案C
解析 属主旨思想题。本题考查第一段的中心思想。第一段第二、三句指出：伴随这一多样性而来的是商业界内本国人的怨恨。有的人口音很重或者使用外语，这使得一些工人不能理解，敌意就公开化了。由此可知，选项C符合句意，其中hostile是原文中resentment，antagonism的同义词。选项A与本段最后一句不符(原文强调的是工人人数的增加而非语言歧视案子的增加)；选项B与第二句内容正相反；本段第四句说“工作场所出现了不同力量的冲突”，但这并不等于说这种情况就是不可避免的，因此选项D错误。
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